Concealed bed.



H. H. DUPONT &'A. G'. HEARD.

coNcEALED BED.'-

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1914.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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H. '.H. DUPONT & A, `G. BEARD.

CONCEALED BED.

APPLlATloN HLED DEC. 9. 1914.

Patented June 6, 1916.

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Ar ORA/Erf sirens' HENRY I-I. DUPONT, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,v AND AIIN Gr.v BEARD, OF BRADENf- TOWN, FLORIDA.

coNcEALED BED.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

`Be it `known that we, HENRY H. DUPONT and ALVIN G. BEARD, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, and at Bradentown, Manatee county, Florida,

i respectively, have invented a new and usedesirably.

rlhe object of our present invention is, therefore, to provide an attachment. or tting for the closet door frame of such character as to form the hinge for the bed in its movementvinto and-out of the closet but readily separable from the bed so as to permit a shifting of the bed' out into the room' to any desired point. Y

In order to make available an existing type of folding bed which has heretofore u been used in connection with a fixed hinge connection with the closet door frame, wev have provided means to preventthe lcollapse of the bed when released from the door frame.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the folding bed associated with the closet door frame by means of Youry improved fitting; Fig. 2 a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a front elevation of our improved fitting; Fig. 4 a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a section on' line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 a side elevation of the fitting on a smaller scale; Fig. 7 a side elevation of our improved locking mechanism; Fig. 8 a secv Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June e, 1916.

Application filed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,358.y

tion on line 8-8 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 a diagramV of the closet and associated bed.

In the drawings, l0 indicates the bed, 11 the closet into which the bed is to be swung, and 12 the casing of the comparatively narrow door through which the bed is swung.

The head piece 15 of the bed is provided, approximately centrally, and at top and bottom, with rearwardly projecting arms 16 and 17 provided at their outer ends with downwardly projected hinge pins 16 and 17 respectively.

In order to receive these hinge pins,we provide our improved fitting formed for ready attachment to the door casing 12. This fitting comprises a main plate 21 somewhat longer than the distance between the two arms 1,6 and 17 and carried by this main plate at a convenient height is a boxing 22 within which is journaled a crank shaft 23 provided at its outer end with an operating lever 24.v Attached to the shaft 23 within the boxing 22 is a crank arm 25 provided with a wrist pin 26 upon which is pivoted one end of link 27, the opposite end being pivoted at 28 to a vertically movable bar 29 slidably mounted within the boxing 22 and upon plate 21, the upper end of the bar being conveniently slidingly associated with plate 21 by means of a headed pin 30 passing through a slot 31 inplate 21. Bar 29 is slotted at 29 to receivepin 23. The upper and lower ends 32 and 33, respectively, of the bar29 are turned outwardly to form horizontal'fingers perforated at 32 and 33, respectively, for thereception of the hinge pins 16 and 17, respectively. The boxing 22 is so formed, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, as to'form'an abutment for crank 25 when said crank is in 'its upper position with its wrist pin slightly beyond the vertical plane of the crank shaft so as to bethus locked against accidental displacement, and is also formed to permit the free movement of the crank 25 in the opposite direction to a sufficient extent to permit bar 29 to be lowered far enough to withdraw the ngers 32 and 33 from the hinge pins 16 and 17.

In order to get the bed into a comparatively shallow closet, it is, of course, necessary that it be folded into a condition where its horizontal dimensions are comparatively small and there is already upon the market a bed possessing the proper characteristics. In this bed the head piece is an L-shaped member, as shown in 1, provided at the tip of the base at each side, with an upstanding finger 41. At the base of this finger is hinged at 42, a swinging crutch 43 which, at its upper end, is provided with a pocket 44 formed to receive a hinge pin 45 carried by the bed frame46, said bed frame also carrying a pin 47 which, when the bed frame is extended horizontally, seats in notch 48 formed in the upper end of finger 41. So long as the head frame 15 remains attached to a substantial portion of the building, there is no danger of collapse of the head frame upon the main frame of the bed, but if the head frame be withdrawn from such support, there is a tendency toward collapse and in order to prevent this when the bar 29 is moved downwardly away from the hinge pins 16 and 17 we provide the following mechanism: The pins 45 and 47 already mentioned are carried by a depending plate 51 which is attached to the main frame 46 of the bed and to this plate we secure a bolt 52 which at its inner end is bifurcate-d to form a fulcrum for a lever 53 which is arranged to swing in a horizontal plane. This lever at one end is extended to a point opposite the space between finger 41 and crutch 43 and is provided with a pin or lug 54 which may be projected into this space so as to prevent the crutch 43 from swinging toward finger 41. A spring 55 acts upon the lever to normally urge the pin 54 into blocking position. To the opposite end of lever 53 is attached a cable 56 which is extended from thence horizontally across the main frame 46 of the bed and thence around pulleys 57 and 58 to the foot board of the frame 46 where the two ends of the cables 56 are connected to a hand piece 59.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. 1, a. swinging of the upper end of lever 24 to the left will operate to withdraw the fingers 32 and 33 from the hinge pins 16 and 17 and thus permit the bed to be rolled out into the room without danger of collapse because of the projection of the pins 54 between the lingers 41 and the crutches 43. l/Vhen the bed is to be stored, it will be Vrolled back to a point adjacent the door casing 12 as indicated in Fig. 2 and bar 29 lifted until the fingers 32 and 33 embrace the hinge pins 16 and 17. Thereupon the operator will grasp hand piece 59 and draw the same rearwardly, where upon the levers 53 will be swung to the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 so .as to retract the'pins 54. Thereupon, by

a slight initial rearward movement of frame 46 and a subsequent upward swinging of its foot end, the main bed frame 46 will be swung upwardly to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7. As this swinging movement takes place, the hinged foot legs 61 will be turned down parallel with the main frame 46 by means of the links 62 which are pivotally connected to the legs 61 and to the head piece'15, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

When the parts have been swung to the folded position, the lugs 54 will lie against the crutches 43 and, when the bed is again extended, these pins will automatically spring into the spaces between the fingers 41 and the crutches 43.

When the bed has been folded as described, it may be readily swung into the closet, as indicated in Fig. 9, the width of the door through which the swinging takes place being only slightly greater than half the width of the bed. The head piece and legs are provided with suitable casters as shown.

Vile claim as our invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a fitting for closet beds, comprising a vertically movable hinge bar having portions formed to establish a vertical hinged relationship with the bed, means by which said bar may be vertically shifted, and means by which said bar may be attached to a door casing.

Y 2. As an article of manufacture, a fitting for closet beds, comprising a main plate, a hinge bar vertically slidable on said main plate, a crank shaft, connections between said crank shaft and the hinge bar to produce vertical movement of the bar by rotation of the shaft, means by which said shaft may be rocked, and an abutment serving to restrain rocking of said shaft in one direction when the hinge bar is in one extreme position.

3. The combination with a bed having vertical hinge members, of a coperating hingermember, means for supporting said coperating hinge member upon the door casing, and means for vertically shifting one of said hinge members to produce separation or establishment of a vertical hinge connection between the bed frame and door casing.

4. The combination with a bed having vertical hinge members, of-a coperating hinge member, means for supporting said coperating hinge member upon the door casing, and means for shifting the last-men tioned hinge member to produce separation or establishment of a vertical hinge connection between the bed frame and door cas- 1n In a closet bed, the combination of a head piece provided with a guide finger, a crutch lever pivotally mounted upon the head piece, a main bed frame, a horizontal pivotal connection between said main bed frame and the crutch lever, a plug, means for normally projecting said plug between the guide linger and crutch lever when the main frame is extended horizontally, and means by which said plug may be with'- drawn.

HENRY H. DUPONT. ALVIN G. BEARD. Witnesses to signature of Dupont:

FRANK A. FAHLE, MAY LAYDEN. Witnesses to signature of Beard:

F. N. ROBINSON, D. W. FRENCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. 

